Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-05
4 FFighffHl Accident Oh The BALI
more and Ohio Railroad.
NINETEEN Bodies r-.c-EaEo EEeA
The -EE-S AND Ruin.
A Ecci-s Frsrchnar fsshed cf ElsTsc
Thousand col-srs.
NINE MEIlsAss a1AsTsn ALIVE on THE
ssrTgsRs PACIFIC 7silacAE.
4 Colo1gi Barber Murdered
for His Money.
THE THREE FRISCO Taaa a1sssas SEN
TsAcE1 r, THE PEalTEaTlAaf.
rsPHcrAr TO THE SENTINEL
Frx=asfsf Railroad Accident.

TIFFES, Ohio, JAN The last Train
on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
which left New York about 9 O'Clock
yesterday fer Chicago. with five
coaches and four sIeepers, al wei
filed with passengers, eoIHded with an
eastern bo1ni freight train seven niles
east Of this city about 1 O'Clock this
morning. The fast train vas 80 MIN
utes late, and WIS running at the rate
Of SO miles an hour, passing Republic,
a small station, like . flash They
rushed along to the curve, q mile west
Of town, when suddenly the engineer
saw a freight train under full Roadway
| within 100 yards Of him. He at once
applied the brakes and reversed his
engine. but It did no good, and IN an
| instant the crash eame, teleseopIns
the coaches and piling them up on
! each other. To add to the eonsterna-
ton OK the horrible scene, 4 ire broke
out In the smoking ear and spread to
the other cars Many were killed out
right, while others were wedged IN
| among the broken cars, and slowly
the cars were consumed by the flames.
The screams Of the wounded and dying
were ~heartrending, but no assistance
| could be given until 3 farmer, awak-
ened bv the crash, came, and with
| other nefghbors worked Ike heroes to
| save the perishing. At this writing
| 10 dead bodies have been recovered
and they lie burned and dishgured IN
the snow beside the track. Help was
sent from Republic and this city AZ
/ soon as the news was received. Il IN
! fearful sight, and recalls the ASH
tabuIa horror Of the Winter OF ~
Il is impossible to give the names OF
the killed or wounded at TINS time.
The cause Of The disaster Is yet I'M
known.
SPRINGFIELD. o., Jan. Latter re-
ports say that ten persons were killed,
one being burned to dozsh, and ten Or
more seriously injured Fourteen
frst-elass Chicago and western mail
| eoucaes, and 73 pouches Of secoat-
class matter were entirely burned.
These contained mueh registered mat
ter and were destined for all parts
The Eastern New England mails,
which were saved, viii be brought to
| this city. Two corpses were on the
| train. and q OF them was entirely
consumed
SPRINGFIELD, o., Jan. 1T Is now
learned that no one was killed, but
/ Charles s. Packard, OF Westfield,
Mss, was injured internally, and It
Is feared he viii dIs. About d dozen
others were injured but none ssri-
0dsly.
TfFElS, O. Tan. 4--ta7s u the peas-
sangers OF th. Inflated I says t1s
srain @aS the : 80. Liza lxeress,
which lett Wash Dh At H. l. 4. yes
terday. 1t 2si5 Il morning he was
awakened BY beins crown violently
! from his berth. The train consisted
Of engl4e, baggage car, me coacn and
two sIeepers. The train co1lided with
an east-bound freight, which had got
stalled a mile west OF Republic. Two
engines were utterly wrecked, and the
coach teIescoped into the baggage car
so completely that the two cars We're
completely crushed into the space OF
one. The two sleepers did not leave
the track. The telescoped ears caught
fire from i stove, and the m4ngIed
and crushed passengers imprisoned in
the shattered wreck shrieked in agony
as the flames enveloped them The
engineer and fireman OF the freight
leaped and saved themselves before
the collision. The engineer Of the
express had j leg broken and sustain
ede a severe wound in the shoulder.
His fireman was caught between the
engine and tender and died in a few
minutes. The aniniured passengers
and residents OF the ueighborhOod set
to work 10 aid the wounded passengers
in the burning cars, reseuing all who
could be reached. The baggage-man
OF the express was thrown on the roof
OF a car, escaping with a broken leg.
An express messenger who was sitting
beside hin was killed instantly. No
ore in the sleepers IA injured in the
least. Among the passengers In the
sleeper were Mrs. Fitch, OF Joliett, ILL.,,
sister OF General Logan, and her son
Charles. The shock was so terrific
thIt the farmers In the neighbor-
nOop LOCK IL 10 DC III edrlIt4ddke. IN
the eoRfusion of the wreck a hot G,s-
pute arose among the train men IS to
the responsibility O. the disaster. 1t
appeared the freight was running on
the time OF the express. An engineer
was heard to remark that be had left
the last siding with only 30 pounds OF
steam, and on the up grade east of
Tiain his engine went back on him
aad the train stalled. No danger sig
mails were sent out, and the express.
running al iuil speed on a down grade
and around a curve, had no warning
OF the impending disaster until an in
slant before the collision.
TsFFIs, o., Jan. At is now esti-
mated that y persons were burned 10
death in the train wreck to-day.